This is a trick I used to use 3/4 years ago when we were just getting into Walmart and we had to add items to the catalog.
Can’t guarantee it will work 100% of the time but I just tried it and it worked on all listings.
Go on the page of the listing you want to add to your catalog.
Right-click any whitespace on the listing and choose “View Page Source,” a common keyboard shortcut is ‘CTRL + U’
It will open the HTML source if it didn’t open automatically.
‘CTRL + F’ and search for ‘UPC’ and/or ‘GTIN’ (without quotes)
The UPC/GTIN should be right next to the ID of the found results.
I’m new here so I don’t know if I am allowed to post links or screenshots, but the results should look something like:
“upc”:“030772097502”
or
“sku”:“7232106224”,“gtin13”:“030772097502”
Hello, did you ever figure this one out by chance? We are trying to do the same thing and can’t seem to figure out if we need to upload an identical variation (if that even works) or if there is a way to setup by match like the parent listing.
I did use the above method to get the GTIN. So funny enough I made some progress with this issue. I actually got the variation into my catalog and it is showing as published… BUT… it actually isn’t and I’ll explain below. But It does actually link to the multipack that I was trying to add, so it halfway works…
I’ve somehow glitched the system though as it never actually shows my offer as live. I accomplished this (if you want to call it that haha) through the following process.
Acquired GTIN (for child multi-pack variation) through above method and using this for “new” listing.
Going to “Add new item” to the catalog
Inputting all information EXACTLY as it appears on the parent listing (By using “copy listing”
Changing multi-pack field to respective value
And lastly uploading this as seller-fulfilled first (standard process for us) before changing over to WFS fulfilled.
Feed file shows no errors and item published as normal. It actually links to the desired product multi-pack size through the “view on walmart.com” link in the catalog page.
Shows green published field on catalog page.
But it doesn’t actually show up. I have a case open now, but so far all associates have been stumped and I have yet to get an answer. I was hoping @WALMART.COM_EXPERT may be able to chime in and help clarify this topic, but it seems he isn’t keen on discussing this yet, don’t mean this derogatorily BTW.
So that’s where I’m at with this so far. Appears it really isn’t supposed to be done like this as the system wont ACTUALLY publish the item despite what it is saying.
@NLTC Hello! This would fall more along the realm of Account Management which is a bit outside my scope, but I did ask my team about this and did not come up with any great answers for you. If you would like to message me directly and share your Partner ID along with the items in question, I can try and take a closer look.
